22ct proof double sovereign 

This is limited to just 240 made worldwide 

The design features the last pre-decimal British penny's 50th anniversary 

Specifications:

Weight: 16 grams

Purity: 916/ 22ct solid gold

Quality / Finish: Proof

This is an uncirculated proof coin in its capsule

Fitted box with outer dust cover box 

Original infomation leaflet 

Additional information:

This year marks fifty years since Britain’s last pre-decimal coins and the end of a thousand years of pounds, shillings and pence. This is an anniversary of great importance: there are now generations who don’t know that twelve pennies could make a shilling, and twenty shillings could make a pound. They have known ONLY decimal coinage – which means centuries of our history and tradition has passed them by.

That’s why it’s important that we remember the pre-decimal coinage and celebrate the ha’penny, the sixpence, the shilling and half-a-crown. As part of the 50th anniversary commemorations, some exceptional gold coins have been minted, including the world’s first one-eighth sovereign!

To convey the importance of this anniversary to the history of British coinage, an entirely new sovereign coin denomination has been struck for the first time; the one-eighth sovereign. This is also a reflection of the incredible rise in the value of gold this year, which has in the space of just six months, made the entry-level quarter sovereign denomination more expensive, making it less accessible to new buyers.

One further feature that makes these new gold sovereign coins even more exciting is that they feature designs inspired by the motifs that appeared on Britain’s last pre-decimal coins, many of which have never before featured on any gold sovereign coins. This makes them of incredible interest to collectors, as a way to own some of Britain’s most important national symbols from our pre-decimal era, but in solid 22 carat gold!

New gold sovereigns pay tribute to historic pre-decimal designs

Britain’s pre-decimal coins featured national symbols, many of which have not been seen on our coinage since, and most of which have never been struck in solid 22 carat gold, making this new series of sovereigns of great interest to collectors.

Each design brings back to life the motifs that once appeared on our everyday coinage, only now in this 50th anniversary year they appear in glorious 22 carat gold.

Authorised by Tristan Da Cunha, and approved by both the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Buckingham Palace, it is a wonderful celebration.

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